Clip for holding glass tube holders



June 24, 1930. A, GAEDE I',7 66,377

CLIP FOR HOLDING GLASS TUBE HOLDERS Filed Dec. 27. 1927' 7 INVENTOR, flvv/z/efi aede WW ATTORNEY,

Patented June 24, 1930 SAMUEL A. GAEDE, F LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA CLIP FOR HOLDING GLASS TUBE HOLDER-S Application filed December 2'5, 192?. Serial No. 242,732.

This invention relates to electric, luminous-gas, tube signs, and more especially to a clip bracket for mounting the tube on a panel or suitable, primary support.

An object of the invention is to provide a low-cost, simple, substantial and practicable bracket capable of being readily mounted on the primary support and adjustable to various angles.

another object is to provide a bracket having an ad ustable resilient clamping portion for effective use on applied attachments of different diameters.

Other objects, advantages and features of construction, combination and details of means will be made manifest in the following specification of the herewith illustrative embodiment; it being understood that modifications, adaptations and variations may be resorted to within the spirit, scope and principle of the invention as it is more directly claimed hereinafter.

Figure 1 is a front view of a fragment of a gas-tube sign.

Figure 2 is a plan of the installed bracket and tube.

Figure 8 is a face view of the installed parts.

Figure 4c is a face view of a bracket.

Figure 5 is a perspective of the tube rest.

Figure 6 is a perspective of the bracket.

Figure 7 is a perspective of a variant form.

The use of luminous gas tubes excited by electric energy has become very extensive in the form of advertising signs and panels and the present invention comprises a means for mountin the tube apparatus.

The device ineluc es a plane back strip 2, of stiff material, having a slot 3 for the reception of a screw or bolt i ad ustably binding the back to a panel or support 5.

Que end of the back 2 has an integral, outwardly turned, perpendicular, U-shaped clip loop 6 providing a spring arm 7 whose free or remote end 8 forms a purchase part by which the arm 7 may be sprung in or out to vary the gap of the loop 6 and thus provide for the introduction of an appropriate form of tube rest 10 having a shank 'tour or outline of the tube.

11; which latter may vary in different forms of rests. The arms or side Walls of the loop 6 are oppositely concaved at 9 to form seats for the shank 11 and hold this in a position transverse to the plane of the back 2. The spring arm 7 also affords variation of frictional grip on the rest shank 11.

The tube rest 10 is usually of glass and is in the form of a concaved seat 10 for receiving the luminous tube 12 which is supported by the rest in spaced position out in front of the panel 5. Tube rests of various forms are well known and the present invention relates to the novel bracket device and clip for receiving the different rests.

The bracket 2 may be secured in any angular relation as determined by the con- The clip is sprung to firmly grip the rest shank 11 and the applied tube 12 wired at 13 to the glass rest in any desired manner.

The method of manufacture is to make an L-shaped punching, bending one arm of the L' to a right-angle to the plane of the other, and then to medially bend the angular arm to form a U-shaped clip.

Figure 7 shows the clip jaws lying along one side of the base 2*.

lVhat is claimed is:

A spring clip bracket for the stem of a lass tube holder including a fastening base rom one side of which extends a perpendicular part forming a rigid arm which has a parallel arm rolled upward and away from the base and rigid arm and forming a U-shaped socket having its roll contiguous to the side of the base and its arms being close to the base plane; said arms being provided with opposite concave seats relatively yieldable to receive the inserted stem; the open ends of the spaced arms forming a receiving mouth about equal to the diameter of said roll to facilitate insertion of the tube therebetween for movement to said seats. SAMUEL A. GAEDE. 

